​We are pleased to announce that Kelsey Hakes has joined AqueoUS Vets® as the Sales & Business Development Engineer for Southern California and Arizona.

Ms. Hakes has more than 7 years of experience in the water treatment, environmental, and oil and gas industries. Her extensive knowledge base includes: municipal and industrial water systems, GAC and ion exchange media, process control engineering and application metallurgy.  Previous positions included account management, business development, and engineering design at Evoqua Water Technologies and Control Components Inc. Ms. Hakes had direct involvement with specification and solution development, technical trainings, and aftermarket services. As Business Development Engineer, Kelsey will be responsible for all critical aspects of the business including market development, strategic planning and key client management. 

A graduate of the University of California Irvine, Kelsey holds both a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Material Science Engineering. She is a member of the CA-NV AWWA Women’s Leadership Committee.

Aqueous Vets is pleased to announce the award of the La Puente, CA Water Treatment Plant upgrade project for a Fortune 500 aerospace and defense firm .  AV’s capabilities and experience embodied in our proposal were evaluated alongside those from industry incumbents. Aqueous Vets’ offering was determined to be the most technically responsive, with the overall best value. 
 
AV’s scope includes the design, fabrication and site assembly of  four (4) systems employing 320,000 pounds of granular activated carbon to remove contaminants from impacted groundwater. The systems will be designed for both lead-lag or parallel operation.
 
Rob Craw, VP of business development stated, “This award validates the experience and wealth of process knowledge that AV brings to the market. Our capabilities rival that of the long-time incumbents with a fresh focus on intellectual knowledge at the company-client interface. We look to forward to adding this project to a growing list of well recognized clients throughout the United States”

Aqueous Vets is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business. For more information about Aqueous Vets please visit our website at www.aqueousvets.com

We are very pleased to announce that Ms. Sarah Johnson has accepted the position of General Manager for Aqueous Vets®. Ms. Johnson comes to us with more than 10 years of experience in the water treatment and infrastructure industry. Her prior positions included Director of Applications Engineering for an underground water infrastructure company. Her strong background and experience includes group management, engineering, technical support, and project management. Her extensive knowledge base includes: municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment systems, water infrastructure, distribution systems, and environmental water issues as well as air treatment.

As General Manager, Ms. Johnson will oversee all aspects of Aqueous Vets growing operations while also providing focus on management of our engineering and technical support for client projects. She will be responsible for overall execution of project deliveries and field operations. 

A graduate of Oregon State University, Ms. Johnson holds a BS in Chemical Engineering supplemented with additional studies in organizational management, finance, regulatory compliance, safety, and human resources.

Aqueous Vets’ technology partner Integrity Municipal Systems (IMS) recently completed a project for the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD), the second largest water district in Orange County, CA, providing services to more than 155,000 residents and businesses. As new developments were planned near SMWD’s 9.0 MGD Chiquita Water Reclamation Plant, the District initiated plans for enhanced odor control solutions. A critical objective of this unique project was use of a sustainable and proven odor control technology to minimize the possibility that odors from the primary treatment process would impact residents near the plant. Timing was also a crucial factor, requiring the system to be designed, fabricated, installed and started up within 12 weeks after the issuance of the purchase order.

The District selected IMS’ proven technology to meet this need. The selected IMS biological odor control system replaced an existing 24,000 cfm chemical scrubber system with IMS’ two-stage system.   Stage 1: IMS I-BOx® 8025 (Biological Odor Control) unit providing the benefit of low O&M costs while eliminating chemical handling. Stage 2: IMS BCS-1000 unit delivering secondary odor control using a media blend of both activated carbon and potassium permanganate to ensure an overall odor compound removal efficiency greater than 99.5% - polishing off any sharp H2S spikes before exiting the system.

The IMS system provides maximum value, measured by performance and reliability as well as capital, installation, operation and maintenance costs. To read the full project profile, click here.

​Aqueous Vets (AV) is pleased to announce that David M Jordan has joined Aqueous Vets as Vice President, Technical Services. David brings his knowledge and experience gained over his 30+ years of experience in the Water Treatment industry during his career at Calgon Carbon Corporation and Evoqua Water Technologies (USFilter Westates). 

David will be leading AVs services to our growing client base by providing technical support for treatment applications and selection. Additionally, he will support our business development activities and provide technical presentations to engineering consultants, technology partners, agencies and owners. 

David’s extensive background has included Project Engineering, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing and Equipment Fabrication, specifying and procurement of Virgin Activated Carbon as well as managing California State Certified ELAP Laboratory and overseeing QA/QC programs, isotherms evaluations, and RSSCT testing.

A graduate of Purdue University, David is currently a voting member of the AWWA Granular Activated Carbon Standards Committee B604/605 and is a member of the CA-NV AWWA Water Treatment Committee. David will continue to lead the technical support team at Aqueous Vets in developing and evaluating both emerging and existing activated carbon applications.

Elevated trihalomethane (THM) levels are the most common violations of the Stage 2 DBP Rule in the United States. Municipalities across the country have employed a variety of methods to reduce THM formation rates, often incurring costly and lengthy treatment plant upgrades, which often provide dismal reduction levels.

In this one-hour webinar, aeration expert Ethan Brooke will review the THM formation process and cost-effective methods to reduce THMs in your water system. Operation and technological approaches to removing THMs from the tank and impact on the distribution system will be presented.

Join us to discover why it's more affordable than ever to make PAX your trusted partner in THM removal. 

    Date:         Thursday, July 20, 2017
    Time:        10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Pacific Daylight Time)
 
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